Karácsond is a village in Heves Country,

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History

The territory is inhabited since ancient times, but the first mentioning of the village is in 1323 as Karachund. It was the estate of the Aba genus then inherited by the Csobánka genus. In 1325 it was given to the Kompolti family, succeeded by the Ország family in 1522. As a result of the Ottoman-Hungarian wars, six serf lands were destroyed and three impoverished. In the 18th century the

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and

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families owned the village, followed by the Orczy, Gönczi and Puky. Under this time the territory became

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majority. During the

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nine serfs from Karácsond joined the army of

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Population

In 2011 89,9% of the village's population identified as Hungarian, 6,7% as

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, 0,1% as Slovak, also 0,1% as Bulgarian and 0,5% as other. 54,1% identified as

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, 16,6% as

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, 4,1% as Reformational, 0,2% as

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, also 0,2% as

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and 1,9% as other.

References

{{Reflist Populated places in Heves County